Husain, Sir Mian Fazl-i- (1877–1936), politician in India, was born on 14 June 1877 in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, India, where his father, Mian Husain Imam Bakhsh, was posted as 'extra assistant commissioner'. He came from a family of Bhatti Rajputs...
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Khan, Sir Sikander Hyat- (1892–1942), politician in India, was born on 5 June 1892 at Multan, Punjab, India, the son of Nawab Muhammad Hyat-Khan, a well-known scion of the Khattar tribe from Attock district, and his second wife, who was the daughter of ...
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Mirza, Iskander Ali (1899–1969), governor-general and president of Pakistan, was born in Lalbagh, Murshidabad, Bengal, on 13 November 1899, the son of Fateh Ali Mirza (1876–1948), landowner, and his wife, Dilshad Tyabji (1879–1925). On his father's side he came from the former ruling family of ...
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Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964) by James Burke, 1951 Getty Images
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Nazimuddin, Khwaja (1894–1964), chief minister of Bengal and governor-general and prime minister of Pakistan, was born on 19 July 1894 in Dacca, Bengal, the son of Khwaja Nazimuddin, landowner, and his wife, Nawabzadi Bilkis Banu. His maternal grandfather was Khwaja Ahsanullah, nawab of Dacca...
